Ni ORLY MARCELLANA kung ikay iibig, piliin mo ang aktibista romantiko na’y, nakikibaka pa. magiging kaagapay mo sa pighati at pagdurusa natatanging pagmamahal ay iyong madarama hindi man ka gwapuhan ay matamis naman ang dila kung susuyuin kay daig pa ang isang makata ipadama sayo ang wagas na pagsinta pagkat ikaw ang buhay at kasama…
Day: February 6, 2016
Syria burning and why Filipinos should assert the nation’s sovereignty
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat perspective Syria is in the center of world news because of the migrant crisis it precipitated, the devastation the four-year civil war has been causing that nation of 22.85 million, with 330,000 people dead, 7 million internally displaced and 5 million refugees, and the number of countries intervening in the war.…
Still a dangerous place
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld The facts simply do not support Malacañang’s contention that “since the triumph of the EDSA People Power revolution, the Philippines has become anew a bastion of freedom of expression and of the press.” This grand declaration was part of a statement by Presidential Communications Operations Secretary Herminio…
Fighting poverty, curbing corporate crimes in the US
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star Raise the minimum wage, create jobs, cut the perks of the rich. Decisively punish big corporations or their executives for breaking the law. These anti-poverty calls are being raised as vital issues in the United States presidential elections next November. (No, folks, it’s not…
‘Black Hearts Day’ | State workers to protest removal of mandated benefits
“On close scrutiny, the SSL 4 actually offers little, but takes away more from what we already have.”